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PHOENIX — Veteran Arizona legislator Sen. Steve Gallardo has come out as gay.
The Phoenix Democrat told a group of reporters he was inspired by the battle over Senate Bill 1062 to reveal his sexual orientation. Gallardo says the bill would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gays b…

They promised buildings — hotels, an aquarium and museums. But a Star analysis of the $63 million in taxpayer dollars paid to outside vendors since voters approved Rio Nuevo in 1999 shows that much of the money has been spent to plan projects that stalled.